Bulk trader Marcus Walker had no idea how dear his planet was—his birthplace and upbringing—until he ended up on a huge alien starship that abducted him for an unknown purpose. Among the other prisoners he found another Earthling—a scruffy talking dog who became a reliable and devoted friend.
The ship was rapidly carrying its occupants into interplanetary space, and the restless Walker didn’t lose hope of returning to Earth. He managed to befriend some of the most dangerous and unsociable creatures on board and to organize a conspiracy. Now he knew the abductors’ goal: all the prisoners would be sold as an exotic commodity to customers from different planets…